Cali vs Sao Paulo - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 02, 2025

	Cali	Sao Paulo
🚶 Cost of living one person	$748	$976
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1926	$2532
🏠 One person rent	$287	$462
🏘️ Family rent	$513	$837
🍽️ Food expenses	$269	$279
🚐 Transport expenses	$112	$134
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$394	$581
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	19 km	5 km
🎓 Higher education	45	95
😀 Quality of life	50	65
🏙️ Population	2.47M	11.5M

The cost of living in Cali is 23% less expensive than in Sao Paulo. Cities ranked 6679th and 5654th ($748 vs $976) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 12th and 1st in Colombia and Brazil, respectively. Check Colombia vs Brazil comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.5 months in Cali compared to 0.6 months in Sao Paulo. Cali ranked 4th best city to live in Colombia vs Sao Paulo ranked 1st in Brazil, while ranked 6204th and 4281st among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Cali vs Sao Paulo

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	Cali	Sao Paulo
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$4.3	$6.51
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$25.1	$36.4
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.18	$6.68
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.33	$2.12
☕ Cappuccino	$2.24	$2.27
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.9	$1.15
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$264	$557
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$203	$360
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$536	$1051
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$384	$677
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$50	$43.1
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.8	$65.8
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$21.6	$18.9
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	13.11%	11.38%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$992	$2420
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$798	$1633
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.65	$0.87
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$26.2	$44.7
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$13	$7.37
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.96	$1.02
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$1.33	$1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.61	$1.43
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.3	$1.14
🥚 Eggs, x12	$2.74	$2.32
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.14	$9.78
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$5.55	$4.18
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.38	$7.95
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$2.7	$2.54
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.92	$1.75
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.27	$1.5
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.2	$1.7
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$1.47
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.24	$1.29
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.55	$0.45
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.85	$1.84
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$13.9	$8.53
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.06	$1.22
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.39	$2.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$5.8	$4.69
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.13	$3.85
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.02	$1.44
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.1	$1.32
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$22.6	$25.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$4.78	$7.36
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$29	$62.6
💇 Haircut, simple	$6.36	$11.3
👖 Brand Jeans	$55.7	$51.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$97.7	$78.9
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$263	$527
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$6351	$14254

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Cities near Cali

Distance	City	Cost of living
27 km or 17 mi	Palmira	$666
74 km or 46 mi	Buenaventura	$742
80 km or 50 mi	Tulua	$513
111 km or 69 mi	Popayan	$477
148 km or 92 mi	Neiva	$557
154 km or 96 mi	Armenia	$598
160 km or 100 mi	Cartago	$649
170 km or 105 mi	Salento	$605
178 km or 111 mi	Pereira	$680
184 km or 114 mi	Ibague	$529
213 km or 132 mi	Girardot	$493
214 km or 133 mi	Manizales	$653
227 km or 141 mi	Florencia	$410
251 km or 156 mi	Quibdo	$705
262 km or 163 mi	Pasto	$514
285 km or 177 mi	Facatativa	$674
285 km or 177 mi	Soacha	$794
301 km or 187 mi	Bogota	$887
308 km or 192 mi	Tumaco	$571
316 km or 196 mi	Ipiales	$531
321 km or 200 mi	Envigado	$897
329 km or 204 mi	Medellin	$906
330 km or 205 mi	Villavicencio	$497
330 km or 205 mi	Zipaquira	$709
339 km or 210 mi	Bello	$839
386 km or 240 mi	Ibarra	$519
421 km or 261 mi	Tunja	$563
446 km or 277 mi	Esmeraldas	$610
463 km or 288 mi	Quito	$884
469 km or 291 mi	Duitama	$882
471 km or 293 mi	Sogamoso	$534
500 km or 311 mi	Barrancabermeja	$1031
504 km or 313 mi	Yopal	$722
506 km or 314 mi	Santo Domingo	$532
518 km or 322 mi	Turbo	$664
554 km or 344 mi	Floridablanca	$648
556 km or 346 mi	Bucaramanga	$657
571 km or 354 mi	Ambato	$573
595 km or 369 mi	Quevedo	$651
596 km or 370 mi	Monteria	$645

Cities near Sao Paulo

Distance	City	Cost of living
12 km or 7.3 mi	Sao Caetano do Sul	$687
13 km or 8.3 mi	Taboao da Serra	$645
14 km or 8.6 mi	Guarulhos	$662
15 km or 9.4 mi	Diadema	$647
16 km or 9.7 mi	Santo Andre	$618
16 km or 10 mi	Osasco	$661
17 km or 11 mi	Sao Bernardo do Campo	$618
21 km or 13 mi	Carapicuiba	$563
22 km or 14 mi	Maua	$636
23 km or 15 mi	Caieiras	$628
25 km or 15 mi	Embu das Artes	$624
25 km or 16 mi	Barueri	$703
26 km or 16 mi	Mairipora	$622
26 km or 16 mi	Franco da Rocha	$635
27 km or 17 mi	Ferraz de Vasconcelos	$612
28 km or 17 mi	Jandira	$621
29 km or 18 mi	Ribeirao Pires	$613
29 km or 18 mi	Itapecerica da Serra	$626
30 km or 18 mi	Poa	$605
30 km or 18 mi	Cotia	$612
30 km or 19 mi	Itaquaquecetuba	$627
31 km or 19 mi	Itapevi	$600
31 km or 19 mi	Santana de Parnaiba	$624
32 km or 20 mi	Francisco Morato	$641
33 km or 20 mi	Itanhaem	$614
33 km or 20 mi	Cajamar	$628
36 km or 22 mi	Embu-Guacu	$619
36 km or 22 mi	Aruja	$615
41 km or 26 mi	Campo Limpo Paulista	$644
43 km or 26 mi	Varzea Paulista	$656
44 km or 27 mi	Cubatao	$603
45 km or 28 mi	Mogi das Cruzes	$663
48 km or 30 mi	Jundiai	$722
49 km or 30 mi	Atibaia	$568
51 km or 32 mi	Sao Roque	$615
52 km or 32 mi	Sao Vicente	$569
55 km or 34 mi	Santos	$732
56 km or 35 mi	Praia Grande	$607
61 km or 38 mi	Bertioga	$609
61 km or 38 mi	Ibiuna	$611